QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 10, 2006 -> 02:45 PM)
In 2004, Ben Sheets had the 5th best Strikeout-To-Walk ratio in major league history.
1. Curt Schilling 313 to 33 (2002)
2. Pedro Martinez 284 to 32 (2000)
3. Greg Maddux 177 to 20 (1997)
4. Pedro Martinez 313 to 37 (1999)
5. Ben Sheets 264 to 32 (2004)
How many games did Ben Sheets win that year? 12. How well would he have done in that retarded Cy Young predictor system? Not too well.
How well did he do in the Cy Young voting? Not too well.
QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 10, 2006 -> 02:45 PM)
Wins are a team statistic, and meanwhile, these ESPN nerds think that they're the most important pitching statistic. Good God. I will always point to Ben Sheets as Exhibit A, and Randy Johnson to a lesser extent (16-14 in 2004 w/ the 9th best K-to-BB ratio in MLB history)
The reason they put a heavy weight on wins in their formula is because the voters do the same. Anyone who knows anything about baseball knows that that's a stupid way to do things, but it's still the way they do it.